Locomotive



Dec. 27, 1932. E. A. uRNER 1,892,372,

LOCOMOT IVE Original Filed Nov. 20, 1929 INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;-

EDWIN ARCHER TURNER, or NRW YORK, N."Y.,'Assie-Noa To THR STANDARD sToKRR; COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION or naLiuvA-Rii` LOCOMOTIVE' Original application filed November 20, 1329, Serial No. 408,484, now Patent No. 1,829,425, dated October My invention relates to railway rollingl stock and especially to improvements in the construction of stoker red locomotives.

5 This application is a division of my application Serial No. 408,484 filed November 20, 1929, Patent Number 1,829,425, granted October 27, 1931, for locomotive and tender.

The general object of the invention is the provision of a novel and improved construction of a stoker fired locomotive wherein the design is materially simplified, the Weight reduced, the cost of construction and mainte- Y nance lowered and resulting in a more durable structure.

More specilically it is an object of the invention to provide in a locomotive, a main frame or a portion thereof having a stoker feed conduit formed therewith as an integral and unitary part.

On the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a detail central vertical longitudinal section through the rear portion of a locomotive with the fuel conduit thereof also 5 shown in similar section; and

' Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing the locomotive A is equipped with a conventional boiler 10 havo ing its component parts of conventional form. The frame structure of the locomotive is shown at 11. This structure may be made in the form of a unitary casting or the rearward portion of the frame structure here r marked 11 may be regarded as illustrating the cradle casting sometimes constituting a part of the main frame structure. For purposes of illustration the reference character 11 designates generally the rear portion of the main frame structure of the locomotive and specifically the cradle casting thereof. A`

r duit section 13 formed integrally with the main frame structure 11 and an upwardly extending replaceable delivery or mouth section 14. The replaceable section extends loosely into the firebox and is supported in Serial ITo.I 570,810.

tion 16 of the fuel conveyor terminates at oradjacent this curving portion and forces the fuel upwardly throughthe replaceable vconduit section into the Zone'of action of the distributing blast issuing from the distributor head 17 acting to spread the fuel over theti're as is well known in practice. i

The replaceableV conduit section 14 is protected from the heat of the fire by an apertured protecting grate wall 18. This wall partially surrounds that portion ofthe replaceable conduit section that otherwise would be exposed to the heat of the lrebox. In forming` the conduit section 13 of the fuel conveyor with the main frame structure or cradle casting 11, it is preferable that the conduit section be disposed as close to the frame asis permissible and that longitudinally extending laterally projecting tie members or ribs 19 be employed together with transcompact arrangement and one wherein theV conduit may occupy less space on the locomotive than in the constructio-ns Ofpast practice. This structure has the further advantage of eliminating undesirable loose connections and strengthens the rear portion of the frame structure.

I claim:

1. In a locomotive, a main frame structure having a stoker conduit section formed integrally with a part thereof, and longitudinally and transversely extending walls tying said conduit section to the aforesaid part of the frame. l

2. In a locomotive, a frame structure having a stoker conduit section formed integrally with a part thereof, longitudinally extending walls inclined from the aforesaid part for tying said conduit section thereto, and spaced the seat 15 in the forward curved portion of tudinally extending walls. "d the integral conduit section. The screw sec- 3. In a locomotive, a frame structure having a stoker conduit section formed integrally with a part thereof, longitudinally extending Walls inclined from the aforesaid part for tying said conduit section thereto, and spaced 5 transverse ribs extending above said longitudinally extending walls.

4. In a locomotive, a frame structure having a stoker conduit section formed integrally with a part thereof, longitudinally extending walls inclined from the aforesaid part for tying said conduit section thereto, and spaced transverse ribs extending below and above said longitudinally extending walls.

5. In a locomotive, a frame structure having a Stoker conduit section formed integrally with a part thereof, longitudinally extending walls inclined from the aforesaid part to the bottom of said conduit section for tying the sanne thereto, and spaced transverse ribs 2Q extending below and above said longitudinally extending Walls.

In testimony whereof I ailix I'nyk signa-ture.

E. ARCHER TURNER. 

